The Meaning of Jeremiah 51:54 Explained

Jeremiah 51:54

KJV: A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans:

YLT: A voice of a cry is from Babylon, And of great destruction from the land of the Chaldean.

Darby: The sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans;

ASV: The sound of a cry from Babylon, and of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!

KJV Reverse Interlinear

A sound  of a cry  [cometh] from Babylon,  and great  destruction  from the land  of the Chaldeans: 

What does Jeremiah 51:54 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Jeremiah 51

1  The severe judgment of God against Babylon, in revenge of Israel
59  Jeremiah delivers the book of this prophecy to Seraiah, to be cast into Euphrates,
64  in token of the perpetual sinking of Babylon

What do the individual words in Jeremiah 51:54 mean?

The sound of a cry [comes] from Babylon and destruction great from the land of the Chaldeans
ק֥וֹל זְעָקָ֖ה מִבָּבֶ֑ל וְשֶׁ֥בֶר גָּד֖וֹל מֵאֶ֥רֶץ ! כַּשְׂדִּֽים

ק֥וֹל  The  sound 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: קֹול 
Sense: voice, sound, noise.
זְעָקָ֖ה  of  a  cry 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: זְעָקָה  
Sense: cry, outcry.
מִבָּבֶ֑ל  [comes]  from  Babylon 
Parse: Preposition-m, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: בָּבֶל  
Sense: Babel or Babylon, the ancient site and/or capital of Babylonia (modern Hillah) situated on the Euphrates.
וְשֶׁ֥בֶר  and  destruction 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: שֶׁבֶר 
Sense: breaking, fracture, crushing, breach, crash, ruin, shattering.
גָּד֖וֹל  great 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: גָּבֹול 
Sense: great.
מֵאֶ֥רֶץ  from  the  land 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.
! כַּשְׂדִּֽים  of  the  Chaldeans 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine plural
Root: כַּשְׂדִּים  
Sense: a territory in lower Mesopotamia bordering on the Persian Gulf.